"Wonderful story about coming to terms with one's past."

Hairdresser Rebecca Wells is 32 years old and ready to get married and settle down. However, finding a man who'll put up with her high-strung unpredictability could be a problem. And then there's her father. She's always wanted to gain his approval, but fallen short. Will she ever do anything to please him? Can she change and find happiness?

Rebecca's father thinks now would be the perfect time for her to become more friendly with Josh Hill, the neighbor boy she's had a rivalry with for the past 24 years. It's a difficult consideration, since the past relationship between these two holds quite a bit of resentment. As much as Rebecca hates to admit it, she does feel more for Josh than she's ever let on to anybody. If she frees those emotions, will she and Josh be able to let go of the past and forge a new future built on love?

Ms. Novak always writes a wonderful story, whether it's her Superromances or her single-title books. I know when I pick up something she's written that I'll be totally satisfied. And I certainly wasn't disappointed with this one.

Reviewed by Allyn Pogue
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted April 9, 2003

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Summary

Who's going to win the battle of Dundee, Idaho?
The town's bad girl or its favorite son?

Rebecca Wells desperately wants to overcome her reputation. She's finally trying to put an end to her twenty-four-year rivalry with the perfect Josh Hill, a rivalry that began when she was a kid and the Hills moved in across the street. Great-looking, popular, a successful horse rancher, Josh is Dundee's golden boy—and the son her father always wanted.

But even when her father insists they call a truce, it's hard for Rebecca to drop her resentment of Josh. She refuses to acknowledge that she feels more for him than she's ever let on. The man she loves to hate is also the man she'd hate to love!